Conference Sponsors 2010

 
The conference is sponsored by:
 

• The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association
• The Guarantors of Brain
• Trophos
• The Research Information Network

We are very grateful to all the sponsors of the 2010 ALS Young Investigator Meeting, for allowing us to keep registration costs low and deliver a successful conference.
 
 
 
 

The MND Association is a leader in the funding and promotion of cutting-edge MND research both within the UK and across the world.
 
 
 
 
Our vision is a world free of MND and we are committed to funding the highest quality research in the UK and beyond. The MND Association works to enable everyone with MND to receive the best care, achieve the highest quality of life and to die with dignity. We are the only national charity in England, Wales and Northern Ireland dedicated to people with MND.
 
www.mndassociation.org.

The Guarantors of Brain offer Travel Grants for clinical and non-clinical neuroscientists; a Visiting Lecturer Bursary Scheme; Salary Support for Trainee Neurologists in Basic Neuroscience; Neurology Entry and Exit Scholarships.
 

The Guarantors of Brain charity aim to provide grants to support attendance to scientific meetings that relate directly to the applicant's research interests, and where they will be presenting original work, or to support research visits to laboratories or clinical departments.
 
www.guarantorsofbrain.org
 

Trophos was founded to discover and develop new drugs to treat orphan neurodegenerative diseases. Its lead compound, olesoxime (TRO19622) has completed all preclinical and phase 1 prerequisites to support initiating a phase 2/3 trial in any indication and is currently in a European pivotal phase 3 efficacy study in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
 
Trophos, the company at the origin of this discovery, aims to establish this compound as the first of a new class of therapeutic agents that will bring significant therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from devastating neurological diseases.
 
www.trophos.com
 

 
The Research Information Network has been established by the higher education funding councils, the research councils, and the UK national libraries.
 
 
 
 
We investigate how efficient and effective the information services provided for the UK research community are, how they are changing, and how they might be improved for the future. We help to ensure that researchers in the UK benefit from world-leading information services, so that they can sustain their position as among the most successful and productive researchers in the world.
 
www.rin.ac.uk